| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1876 |
| AUTHOR: | Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918–96) |
| QUOTATION: | A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Vice President SPIRO T. AGNEW, speech at a Republican fund-raising dinner, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 19, 1969.—Collected Speeches of Spiro Agnew, p. 55 (1971). |
| SUBJECTS: | Vietnam War |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
| CONTENTS · AUTHOR INDEX · KEYWORD INDEX · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD | ||||
 | ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore. | ||||
| ||||
| Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com | ||||
